Margi Preus is an American children's writer. She is a 2011 Newbery Honor winner and won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Heart of a Samurai. Her books have won multiple awards, honored as ALA/ALSC Notables, landed on many "best of" lists, featured on NPR, chosen for community reads, and translated into many languages.* She earned her undergraduate degree at Luther College and graduate degree from Binghamton University.She taught at The College of St. Scholastica, University of Minnesota Duluth.She lives in Duluth, Minnesota.